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Nobel Peace Prize: For Less Than Noble Reasons

SouthAsiaSource
Mar 31, 2023

The unfinished efforts against terrorism and militancy in Pakistan

By
Shuja Nawaz and other experts

Terrorism is reemerging in Pakistan. To understand how it should respond to this heightened threat, Distinguished Fellow Shuja Nawaz moderated a series of conversations with experts about fighting terrorism and militancy.

Extremism
National Security

Nobel Peace Prize: For Less Than Noble Reasons

SouthAsiaSource
Nov 16, 2022

Experts react: Appointment of a new army chief in Pakistan

By
South Asia Center experts

With Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa set to retire on November 29, 2022, the appointment of a new army chief prompts a new set of challenges. South Asia Center experts provide their analyses of the situation.

Democratic Transitions
Pakistan

Nobel Peace Prize: For Less Than Noble Reasons

SouthAsiaSource
Nov 7, 2022

What Pakistan can learn from Chinese growth

By
Ali Hasanain

As the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor enters its second phase, each side needs to review how they can improve the program’s effectiveness for mutual benefit.

China
Economy & Business

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SouthAsiaSource

Nov 7, 2014

Nobel Peace Prize: For Less Than Noble Reasons

By Mohan Guruswamy

This Year’s Award to a Pakistani and an Indian Reminds Us That the Peace Prize Often Serves a Broad Agenda It’s been a couple of weeks since the Norwegian choices for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 were announced. The little excitement this elicited in India and Pakistan has mostly died down. With good reason […]

India Pakistan

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 31, 2014

This Week in South Asia: October 25-31

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Pakistan The Pakistan army announced the success of its four-month long campaign to wipe out militants in the North Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan. The offensive, initiated in June, has claimed the lives of around 1,100 militants. According the army, the campaign has resulted in the reduction of terrorist attacks in the country. Army’s spokesperson Major […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 24, 2014

This Week in South Asia: October 18-24

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.   Iran Pakistani and Iranian border forces exchanged mortar fire this week. The incident occurred a day after officials from each side met to discuss tensions along the border, resulting in an agreement to […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 17, 2014

This Week in South Asia: October 11-17

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.   Nepal In one of the deadliest spells of weather ever seen in the region, scores of Nepalese and foreign trekkers were killed this week when a freak storm hit the popular Annapurna Circuit […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 10, 2014

This Week in South Asia: October 4-10

By Elijah Logsdon

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. India The disputed region of Kashmir witnessed its worst fighting since the India-Pakistan truce was settled in 2003. This week, at least nineteen people have been killed — eleven on the Pakistani side and […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 3, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 27 – October 3

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. AfghanistanThis week newly sworn-in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signed the long-delayed Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) agreement with the United States, along with the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). By choosing to sign these […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 26, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 20-26

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. AfghanistanAfter extensive campaigning, two rounds of voting, and an internationally-supervised recount, Afghanistan’s protracted presidential election finally ended on Saturday in an anticlimactic fifteen-minute ceremony.  Both candidates, Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, met […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 19, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 13-19

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.IndiaChinese President Xi Jinping began his three day trip to India in Ahmedabad, Narendra Modi’s home city. The fact that Xi Jinping decided to begin his India trip in Ahmedabad and not Delhi (protocol dictates […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 12, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 6 – 12

By Elijah Logsdon

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. AfghanistanAfghanistan’s election crisis deepened when representatives of Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani confirmed negotiations over forming a national unity government had collapsed. This setback came as the country’s Independent Election Commission announced that it would […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Aug 15, 2014

This Week in South Asia: August 9 – 15

By Nameerah Hameed and Fahad Ahsan

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.AfghanistanPresident Hamid Karzai announced on Thursday that Afghanistan should have a new president in the next two weeks. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned that the new government should be sworn in before the […]

Afghanistan India
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